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As the clock strikes midnight, Saleem is born with the partition of India. Niko and Tatiana discuss the flavors of magical realism, the spread of democracy, and the power of scent as they talk about Midnight’s Children by Salman Rushdie.

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XIX. Dreaming Freedom: Midnight’s Children by Salman Rushdie

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